This week we welcome Eric Matthes (@ehmatthes) as our PyDev of the Week! Eric is the author of the popular book, Python Crash Course. He also created a neat set of Python Flash Cards that I reviewed earlier this year. You can catch up with Eric on his website or check out some of his […]
It's summer time and now is a great time to learn Python! To help with that, I am running a sale of my Python books for the next week. The sale ends August 6th. All books are $9.99-$14.99 on Leanpub! Creating GUI Applications with wxPython Creating GUI Applications with wxPython is my latest book. In […]
This week we welcome Ines Montani (@_inesmontani) as our PyDev of the Week! Ines is the Founder of Explosion AI and a core developer of the spaCy package, which is a Python package for Natural Language Processing. If you would like to know more about Ines, you can check out her website or her Github […]
This week we welcome Cris Medina (@tryexceptpass) as our PyDev of the Week! Cris is the author behind the popular tryexceptpass blog. He is also the maintainer of sofi and korv. You can catch up with Chris's other projects on Github. Let's spend some time getting to know him better! Can you tell us a […]
ZDNet published an article recently about a newly discovered set of malware-related Python packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI). These packages contained a backdoor that would only activate when installed on Linux. These packages were named: libpeshnx libpesh libar They were written by a user named ruri12. These packages were removed by the PyPI […]
There are several Python code checkers available. For example, a lot of developers enjoy using Pylint or Flake8 to check their code for errors. These tools use static code analysis to check your code for bugs or naming issues. Flake8 will also check your code to see if you are adhering to PEP8, Python's style […]
